We purchased these plastic containers designed to plant and hang on the wall.

We didn’t have a suitable wall so we thought using posts with the trees as a backdrop would let us view them from our back porch and place them in enough light to make them thrive.

Much of my inspiration comes from 2 books by Debra Lee Baldwin that you too might enjoy.

I rooted the succulents directly in this container in April for this early June hanging.

With the rainy season starting we are more worried about too much water than too little. We considered a drip system for the dry season to water them. Succulents need little so little water and can go for weeks without it. I think we will determine if drip irrigation is needed before we install it. There are plenty of succulent varieties to make your own vertical garden project. Using succulents would mean the wall container doesn’t need to be very elaborate. I  think you could hang pots close together and create some interesting effects.

The Spanish Moss hides the posts and blends in well with the moss covered plant stand holding the bromeliad planter. They are attached with 2 screws so I can take them down if we get a frost in the winter. It will be fun to watch them grow.

Below is an inspiring video of vertical garden images to get you thinking if this is something that will help you decorate your own space.

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Debra Lee Baldwin demonstrates how to make a beautiful container garden with succulents. Watch how she selects the component plants using what Debra Lee says are the most important design features - contrast and repetition. You are sure to enjoy her books Designing with Succulents and her latest book, Succulent Container Gardens. Check out her sites Debra Lee Baldwin and Succulent Chic where you can get information about her books and much more inspiration. Visit Debra Lee’s blog, Gardening Gone Wild, for updates on what she is doing and her thoughts on garden design.

In most Florida Home Depot stores you will find an assortment of succulents and all the materials to begin a creative adventure in succulent gardening. Remember to ensure you have a well drained site and add perlite to your containers for success. Succulents are long lived and they multiply and propagate easily making them the ideal plants to share with friends.

See also Succulent Success part 1 and part 2

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Over the last 3 weeks I have traveled around the state and met with 600 Home Depot garden associates spreading news and knowledge about great Florida Friendly Plants. This excited team is chomping at the bit for good weather after all the freezes we have had. We did have a little sleet and snow on January 10th in parts of Florida. What an El Nino winter this has been! With climate change we know winter and summer precipitation will be greater as there will be much more water vapor in the atmosphere as the planet warms yet droughts in drought prone areas are worsening. Poor Australia! We gardeners will just have to take what mother nature sends our way.

A good percentage of associates are Florida Certified Horticulture Professionals (FCHP). Much of what I shared with the long time Home Depot garden associates (some as much as 20 year vets) is in the post  Successful Gardening in 2010.

New shipments of Florida Friendly Plants are arriving daily at most

Florida Home Depot garden centers.

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Succulent Container Gardens by Debra Lee Baldwin is a book I can highly recommend.

I have followed her through books magazines and blogs and learned from her descriptions and visuals. She is an inspiration to me and using her references and knowledge, I have built my collections and include a wide variety of beautiful succulents in the Classic Creations assortments available at most Florida Home Depot garden centers.

Debra has an eye for design that most of can use to gain inspiration for our own masterpieces.

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